Overview
- Rithy Panh’s We Are the Fruits of the Forest received the Special Jury Prize for its depiction of Cambodia’s Bunong people.
- Best director was shared by Zhang Lu for Mothertongue and Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis for Heads or Tails?.
- Wang Chuanjun won best actor for Mothertongue, and best actress was shared by Fukuchi Momoko and Kawase Naomi for Echoes of Motherhood.
- The audience award went to Sakashita Yuichiro’s Blonde, and Teona Strugar Mitevska’s Mother earned the award for best artistic contribution.
- Tokyo spotlighted emerging filmmakers with the Asian Future best film award to Roh Young-wan’s Halo and the launch of an Asian Students’ Film Competition.